1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. scrunch

Find the word definition

What is "scrunch"

Crossword clues for scrunch

scrunch
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scrunch
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
▪ I woke stiff and cold, feeling as though I had been scrunched up like a paper bag.
▪ They scrunch up their faces, peering into the haze.
▪ I recognised my own handwriting and the way I would scrunch up a calendar date before throwing it away.
▪ Do you scrunch up your shoulders a lot?
▪ Her scrunched up face made her look as if she was wearing a perpetual mirthless grin.
■ NOUN
face
▪ Her scrunched up face made her look as if she was wearing a perpetual mirthless grin.
▪ People scrunch their faces and whip their heads here and there.
▪ They scrunch up their faces, peering into the haze.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For volume, simply dry your hair upside down and grab handfuls at the roots, scrunching as you dry.
▪ I woke stiff and cold, feeling as though I had been scrunched up like a paper bag.
▪ Jackie Tiptoe's face was scrunched in concentration.
▪ People scrunch their faces and whip their heads here and there.
▪ Then, bend and scrunch the paper with the fondant to form a folded cloth appearance.
▪ Theresa tried to ignore it, scrunching down her pillow to support her back.
▪ They scrunch up their faces, peering into the haze.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scrunch

Scrunch \Scrunch\, v. t. & v. i. [Cf. Scranch, Crunch.] To scranch; to crunch.
--Dickens.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
scrunch

1825, "to bite," intensive form of crunch (v.); ultimately imitative. Meaning "to squeeze" is recorded from 1835 (implied in scrunched). Related: Scrunching.

Wiktionary
scrunch

n. A crunching noise. vb. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

WordNet
scrunch

n. a crunching noise

scrunch

  1. v. make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants [syn: crump, thud]

  2. sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]

  3. make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch up, crisp]

Related phrases:

Usage examples of "scrunch".

The scrunched left-side front had been hammered out, I saw, but respraying lay in the future.

There Jerome hung, skinny, sunken-chested, as white as a saltine, his face scrunched up and one hand clutching his nuts.

His little hands were clenched into fists, his face scrunched up, bottom lip jutting out because of his fat lip or some dreamt injury.

He scrunched deeper into the covers, pulled the second pillow over his forehead, hoping the added warmth would send him back to sleep.

He scrunched deeper into the sleeping bag, pulled the flap over his forehead for added warmth.

He knew he wore that scrunched look on his face that automatically happened when he was confused.

Her forehead scrunched as she looked over at him, and he watched her mouth begin to open.

Torie looked up at her brother and scrunched her face in embarrassment.

Jerking upright, he scrunched himself deeper into the shadows beneath the fruit tree.

Terent stood there, his ruddy face scrunched and squinting inside its mail coif.

Tael and Doma, and the others just sort of scrunched in as best they could.

His face was scrunched, head tilted as if concentrating on hearing something.

We scrunched down as Trent came around and stood before his fish tank.

The man smelled like wood chips, and I scrunched back, bracing my-self in the comer.

Eyes scrunched from my too strong perfume, he stuck out his left hand instead of the usual right, seeing as we were both unable to use them.